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Issue: Captain America Comics #71
Publication Date: March 1949
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Issues: #71 of 73 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comic [round logo]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marjean Magazine Corp.
On Sale Date: 12/06/1948
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and the volume number as reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 2, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1948. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B167980.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S. (through about early 1944, narrower thereafter)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Trapped!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: This is too easy -- I suspect a trap!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Possible Shores pencils and Alascia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Al Avison on pencils and Carl Pfeufer on inks.
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Trapped by the Trickster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America; Bucky (last 1940's app.); The Trickster (Introduction, villain)
First Line: Think fast Cap, in another second we'll be crushed to the ceiling!
Synopsis: A messenger has interrupted his class to let him know that, after six months of healing, Bucky is ready to be picked up at the hospital. The two have a tearful reunion after which they are gassed in a cab by one of the Trickster's henchmen. He takes them to a garage because the Trickster knows he can get to Cap through Bucky and releases Steve so that he can inform the papers. Steve changes to Cap and retraces his steps back to the garage to defeat the Trickster.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: 4615
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Terror Is Blind!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]
First Line: John! Wait!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 3524
Disclose Notes: Writer credit previously suggested to be David Wood by textual analysis by Lou Mougin. Per Michael J. Vassallo there is no evidence that David Wood ever worked for Timely or that Syd Shores inked other artists in this period.
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The Whispering Voice

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Jake Dorgan's thoughts were as black as the stormy night.
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Pages: 1.67
Job Number: SL-3192
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Published at Meriden Conn by Marjean Magazine Corp 350 5th Ave NY NY
Editor: Stan Lee
Managing Editor: Martin Goodman
Business Manager: Robert Solomon
Owners: Marjean Magazine Corp, Martin Goodman
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The Mark of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
First Line: Ho! Ho! Did I take those suckers over!
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Pages: 1
Job Number: 4526
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Hi Friends:
Synopsis: In the May 29, 1948 issue of "The Saturday Review of Literature", Fredric Wertham wrote an article condemning comic books and their affects on children (6 years before his book "Seduction of the Innocent"). This article, and the ensuing debate around it, led to this letter from "The Editors Marvel Comic Group" addressing Dr. Wertham's findings. It also led to Jean Thompson's editorial endorsement credit you find in this issue.
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Pages: 0.67
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Fate Fixed a Fight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, horror, sports
First Line: This is your host, the Witness!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 3678
Disclose Notes: Three is no evidence to support any of the previously listed credits (Stan Lee on script, Russ Heath on pencils, and Jack Binder on inks). Stan Lee in particular is on record of saying that if he didn't sign it, he didn't write it. Michael Vassallo confirms it is not by any of them (25 October 2017).

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